dmjalund Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Governor General Kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 That works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Coronavirus: Northern Italy quarantines 16 million people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Too little, too late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 I'm starting to think that precautions and restrictions against disease spreading internationally may become the new global norm. As with climate change, the effects of our cumulative behavior are beginning to come due. A lot that we grew up taking for granted won't be there for our children and grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 ... aggravated by the loss of memory of what dangerous contagious disease is really like, which amplies the fear. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 "Quarantine" "16 million people" I'm not seeing how this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 Same way it worked in China. Greatly restrict travel in and out of the affected area. This won't stop the virus from spreading, but it should slow it enough to prevent health care providers from being overwhelmed all at once. Of course, when the news leaked and thousands of people fled the affected area, that kind of closed the window for quarantine to be effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 At this point I wish I could volunteer to get it and take a few weeks off work, in order to make sure I won't be able to transmit it later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 You sure about that? When the mortality is equivalent to dying on a 4- on 3d6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Given there's an unknown, but probably vast, amount of people who have it and have little to no symptoms and/or haven't been tested, the mortality rate is probably lower than reported. That's what our doctors told the wife and me. ScottishFox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 That's a possibility, but even taking that into account, the absolute lowest mortality percentage I have seen reported is 0.7% in places that were not hard hit and thus had no issues caring for patients. Conversely, Italy's percentage currently stands at 37%, though there is surely a testing lag in there somewhere. COVID-19's true mortality rate is probably somewhere between those two numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 The big skewing point is, reported cases. For the majority of people the virus's manifestation looks much like common influenza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Well, I haven't had the flu since 1989. And be happy if that last quite longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 I had H1N1 back when it was going around. I give it zero stars. ScottishFox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Hermit, Lord Liaden, assault and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 18 hours ago, Starlord said: Given there's an unknown, but probably vast, amount of people who have it and have little to no symptoms and/or haven't been tested, the mortality rate is probably lower than reported. That's what our doctors told the wife and me. Ultimately I think this will go the way of the last few waves of super viruses and end up having mortality rate well below 1% due to a very large percentage of people who get it not seeking medical treatment. I would expect there are large swaths of people in all of impacted countries who haven't gone in for testing or who can't get testing because the testing supplies are limited / exhausted. Still, this could be a bad one for the elderly and those with immune system issues. Just got my wife out of the hospital for pneumonia. It was not COVID-19 though so we may be back. Duke Bushido 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Parrots have always known how to swear. Just listen to them* if you doubt that. The news is that they are swearing in English now. * Of course, you may live in one of those benighted countries without wild parrots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Now we just need to teach pet parrots “Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree" so they can teach the wild parrots. Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 3 hours ago, assault said: Parrots have always known how to swear. Just listen to them* if you doubt that. The news is that they are swearing in English now. * Of course, you may live in one of those benighted countries without wild parrots. In our ecosystem, the loud continuous swearing bird niche is shared by crows and jays, but I have heard parrots in the wild and know what you're talking about on a small scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 5:57 AM, Sociotard said: So, fire, flooding, toilet paper... Did you guys piss off Moses? On 3/4/2020 at 6:18 AM, Bazza said: Wonder what plague will visit Australia in April. Seriously, figure out which god you've annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 I honestly don't know what to think of that movie. It will either be brilliant satire or a dumpster-fire of epic proportions. But this trailer has me leaning toward the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 Is it me or does Paul Hogan look like an even older Chris Matthews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: I honestly don't know what to think of that movie. It will either be brilliant satire or a dumpster-fire of epic proportions. But this trailer has me leaning toward the latter. Where as I , just to be contrary ,predict it shall be a dumpsterfire of epic brilliance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 They're saying it's in the same vein as "JCVD". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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